Monthly Challenge I: July
So if anyone still visits this little blog, the challenge returns, this time in month-long installments for smoother continuity and better prizes! Also I'd like to dedicate each month to a single verse or two, with a few of the regular staples. We'll start with verse 10 (I'm using the New American Standard, so my challenge will be related to that vocabulary):
An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels.
And for the Month of July:
1. Memorize the above verse.
2. Spend time in prayer pondering the excellence in our own lives. Are we women of excellence? What talents/gifts has God given us? Are we using them in an excellent manner? How would our husbands, families, friends, colleagues, and neighbors describe us--as women of excellence or women of stress? A journal will help to meditate on this. As we discover those areas which require excellence, repent and ask for the strength needed to become women of excellence. Try to focus on one specific area in need of more excellence (the home, the workplace, the family/church/friends/roommate/neighbor relationships, the ministry, etc.)
3. When we decide on an area, come up with a few goals for the month to heighten the excellence in this area. Write them down somewhere (on this blog if you want!) and keep track of them during the month.
4. Have 3 conversations with other Christian women about what it means to be an excellent wife/woman--bonus points for mentioning the verse.
5. Greet 10 sunrises--use the early morning time well.
6. Exercise 10 times for 30 minutes.
7. Memorize one Psalm.
8. Serve 3 beautiful meals for your family/roommate/friends--bonus points for inviting strangers.
9. Visit one sick person.
10. Make sure your home looks like a home of excellence. And share how/what you did!
Complete the Challenge by August 1, and send an email to proverbs31challenge@yahoo.com for your name to be entered in a drawing for a Barnes & Noble gift certificate! To God be the glory.
